Task 2 - Preliminary Evaluation

To start us all off, we were set to do the Preliminary Task. This was the first filming and editing we had to do. For this we had to film a sequence of two actors exchanging a piece of dialogue. However, we had to incorporate three filming conventions we has learnt in the previous couple of weeks. There were three techniques we included which were; match on action, 180 degrees and shot reverse shot. Before we started I drew out a story board structuring the position and angles I will be filming form and having the actors stand. I learnt that story boards are very useful as you can keep organised and know exactly what you had to do. As the task was only supposed to be 30 seconds long, the story board wasn't long either. But when we film our opening it is highly important that we have everything right. 

For filming I used two actors, one camera, a tripod and a mac computer for imovie editing. I wrote out a short dialogue based on a general conversation for my actors and used a tripod so I could get steady shots and smooth pans across the room. It was my fist time using iMovie and I really enjoyed it and was surprised that it was more simple to use than I thought. I have learnt for next time, to take more shots than you need in filming because they can always be edited out or used in between shots.

The filming was the main issue for me as I had never used this sort of equipment before. I gave each scene way too much room at the top and sides. This effected the clip as there was way to much in the scene for such little amounts of dialogue. 

I am happy with the editing process of my preliminary task, it was just the filming that let me down. I definitely would be more careful with the filming next time.